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Talk:Charles Darwin (view source)
Revision as of 02:04, February 28, 2009
, 02:04, February 28, 2009→Views on Slavery: new section
Is this appropriate? Stating things with no basis other than making yourself looking better looks plain unintellectual.
Is this appropriate? Stating things with no basis other than making yourself looking better looks plain unintellectual.
== Views on Slavery ==
"It is claimed that self-interest will prevent excessive cruelty; as if self-interest protected our domestic animals, which are far less likely than degraded slaves, to stir up the rage of their savage masters. It is an argument long since protested against with noble feeling, and strikingly exemplified by the illustrious Humboldt. It is often attempted to palliate slavery by comparing the state of slaves to our poorer countrymen: If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin…"
Darwin, C., The Voyage of the Beagle, 1839, pp. 433-34 in the Meridian Version first published in 1996.
"I was told before leaving England that after living in slave countries all my opinions would be altered; the only alteration I am aware of is forming a much higher estimate of the negro character. It is impossible to see a negro and not feel kindly towards him; such cheerful, open, honest expressions and such fine muscular bodies. I never saw any of the diminutive Portuguese, with their murderous countenances, without almost wishing for Brazil to follow the example of Haiti; and, considering the enormous healthy-looking black population, it will be wonderful if, at some future day, it does not take place."
- Letter from Darwin to J.S. Henslo, March 1834
http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/darwin_nazism.htm